Sod removal underway at Notre Dame Stadium

Stadium sod removed

Rolls of turf removed from the field of Notre Dame Stadium this morning are loaded onto a semi trailer, as the University of Notre Dame prepares to install artificial turf in the football stadium. The university is selling the sod online for $149.95 per 5-by-2 foot roll. (SBT Photo/MARGARET FOSMOE)

Crews are working to remove the grass playing surface from Notre Dame Stadium in preparation for new FieldTurf to be installed later this summer. (SBT Photo/SANTIAGO FLORES)

Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 12:00 am | Updated: 5:17 pm, Wed May 21, 2014.

Sod removal under way at Notre Dame Stadium MARGARET FOSMOE South Bend Tribune mfosmoe@sbtinfo.com SouthBendTribune.com

SOUTH BEND Rolls of grass being removed today from the field of Notre Dame Stadium are being neatly stacked on a semi-trailer near the stadiums north gate.

By 8:30 a.m., the bed of the trailer was half filled.

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Sod removal underway at Notre Dame Stadium